Background: Lung damage in systemic juvenile arthritis (sJIA) is one of the contemporary topics in pediatric rheumatology. Several previous studies showed the severe course and fatal outcomes in some patients. The information about interstitial lung disease (ILD) in the sJIA is scarce and limited to a total of 100 cases.
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May 2023
Unlabelled: Non-bacterial osteomyelitis (NBO) is a rare chronic inflammatory bone disease related to immune system dysregulation. This disease belongs to a family of autoinflammatory diseases. It often coexists with other TNF-α-mediated immune-mediated diseases such as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and inflammatory bowel diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOne of the systems that regulate tissue homeostasis is gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC). It is accepted that the down-regulation of GJIC is linked to the tumor-promoting properties of carcinogens. In this study, the effect of some carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) on GJIC was investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe have studied the effect of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) on gap junction intercellular communications (GJIC) in culture of hepatoma cells Hep G2 and G27. Carcinogenic PAH inhibited GJIC in both cultures in contrast to non-carcinogenic PAH. We showed that both constitutive and inducible expressions of mRNAs of Ah receptor and cytochrome P4501A1 (the main isoform involved in PAH metabolism) were absent in hepatoma G27 cells.
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